1989–90 Hartford Whalers season

The 1988–90 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' eleventh season in the National Hockey League.

1989–90 Hartford Whalers
Division	4th Adams
1989–90 record	38–33–9
Goals for	275
Goals against	268
Team information
General Manager	Ed Johnston
Coach	Rick Ley
Captain	Ron Francis

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
Buffalo Sabres	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
Hartford Whalers	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
Quebec Nordiques	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	ADM	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
2	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
3	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
4	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
5	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
6	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
7	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
8	New York Islanders	PTK	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
9	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
10	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	30	39	11	290	297	71
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1989	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	0–1–0
2	L	October 7, 1989	4–6	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	0–2–0
3	W	October 8, 1989	9–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	W	October 11, 1989	4–1	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	L	October 13, 1989	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	2–3–0
6	L	October 14, 1989	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	2–4–0
7	W	October 18, 1989	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	3–4–0
8	L	October 19, 1989	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	3–5–0
9	T	October 21, 1989	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	3–5–1
10	L	October 23, 1989	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	3–6–1
11	W	October 25, 1989	2–0	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	4–6–1
12	W	October 26, 1989	7–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	5–6–1
13	W	October 28, 1989	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	6–6–1
14	L	November 1, 1989	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	6–7–1
15	W	November 3, 1989	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	7–7–1
16	W	November 4, 1989	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	8–7–1
17	L	November 8, 1989	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	8–8–1
18	W	November 10, 1989	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	9–8–1
19	L	November 12, 1989	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	9–9–1
20	W	November 14, 1989	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	10–9–1
21	L	November 15, 1989	2–5	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	10–10–1
22	L	November 18, 1989	2–3	New York Rangers (1989–90)	10–11–1
23	L	November 22, 1989	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	10–12–1
24	W	November 25, 1989	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	11–12–1
25	L	November 26, 1989	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	11–13–1
26	L	November 28, 1989	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	11–14–1
27	W	November 30, 1989	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	12–14–1
28	W	December 2, 1989	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	13–14–1
29	L	December 6, 1989	3–4	New York Islanders (1989–90)	13–15–1
30	W	December 7, 1989	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	14–15–1
31	W	December 9, 1989	7–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	15–15–1
32	L	December 13, 1989	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	15–16–1
33	W	December 14, 1989	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	16–16–1
34	L	December 16, 1989	2–5	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	16–17–1
35	W	December 19, 1989	8–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	17–17–1
36	W	December 20, 1989	4–3	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–17–1
37	W	December 23, 1989	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	19–17–1
38	T	December 26, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	19–17–2
39	L	December 30, 1989	3–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	19–18–2
40	L	January 3, 1990	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	19–19–2
41	L	January 5, 1990	4–6	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	19–20–2
42	T	January 6, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	19–20–3
43	W	January 10, 1990	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	20–20–3
44	W	January 13, 1990	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	21–20–3
45	L	January 15, 1990	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	21–21–3
46	T	January 17, 1990	5–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	21–21–4
47	T	January 19, 1990	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	21–21–5
48	W	January 23, 1990	4–2	New York Islanders (1989–90)	22–21–5
49	L	January 25, 1990	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	22–22–5
50	W	January 27, 1990	6–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	23–22–5
51	T	January 30, 1990	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	23–22–6
52	L	February 1, 1990	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	23–23–6
53	W	February 3, 1990	5–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	24–23–6
54	L	February 4, 1990	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	24–24–6
55	W	February 7, 1990	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	25–24–6
56	L	February 9, 1990	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	25–25–6
57	W	February 10, 1990	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	26–25–6
58	T	February 14, 1990	6–6 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	26–25–7
59	L	February 17, 1990	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	26–26–7
60	W	February 18, 1990	6–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	27–26–7
61	W	February 21, 1990	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	28–26–7
62	L	February 23, 1990	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	28–27–7
63	L	February 24, 1990	1–3	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	28–28–7
64	W	February 28, 1990	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	29–28–7
65	W	March 2, 1990	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	30–28–7
66	W	March 3, 1990	6–4	New York Rangers (1989–90)	31–28–7
67	W	March 6, 1990	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	32–28–7
68	L	March 8, 1990	6–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	32–29–7
69	L	March 10, 1990	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	32–30–7
70	L	March 11, 1990	3–4	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	32–31–7
71	W	March 13, 1990	1–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	33–31–7
72	L	March 17, 1990	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	33–32–7
73	W	March 18, 1990	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	34–32–7
74	W	March 21, 1990	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	35–32–7
75	W	March 24, 1990	7–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	36–32–7
76	W	March 25, 1990	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	37–32–7
77	T	March 27, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	37–32–8
78	L	March 29, 1990	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	37–33–8
79	W	March 31, 1990	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	38–33–8
80	T	April 1, 1990	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	38–33–9

Playoffs

The Whalers lost to the Bruins 4 games to 3 in the Adams semi-finals.

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.

Trades

June 17, 1989	To New Jersey Devils Sylvain Turgeon	To Hartford Whalers Pat Verbeek
October 7, 1989	To Minnesota North Stars Kevin Sullivan	To Hartford Whalers Mike Berger
October 10, 1989	To Edmonton Oilers Norm Maciver	To Hartford Whalers Jim Ennis
October 31, 1989	To New Jersey Devils Jim Thomson	To Hartford Whalers Chris Cichocki
December 13, 1989	To Winnipeg Jets Paul MacDermid	To Hartford Whalers Randy Cunneyworth
March 3, 1990	To Boston Bruins Steve Dykstra	To Hartford Whalers Jeff Sirkka
March 5, 1990	To Washington Capitals Mike Liut	To Hartford Whalers Yvon Corriveau
March 6, 1990	To Edmonton Oilers Marc Laforge	To Hartford Whalers Cam Brauer

Waivers

October 2, 1989	From Buffalo Sabres Mikael Andersson
December 1, 1989	To Quebec Nordiques Brian Lawton

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Daryl Reaugh	Edmonton Oilers
Steve Dykstra	Pittsburgh Penguins
Emanuel Viveiros	Minnesota North Stars

Roster

1989-90 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders 1 – Mike Liut  30 – Peter Sidorkiewicz  35 – Kay Whitmore		Defensemen 3 – Joel Quenneville  4 – Steve Dykstra  5 – Ulf Samuelsson  6 – Adam Burt  21 – Sylvain Cote  25 – Grant Jennings  29 – Randy Ladouceur  32 – Brad Shaw  33 – Norm Maciver  40 – Al Tuer  41 – Jim Culhane  42 – Marc Laforge  44 – Dave Babych		Wingers 7 – Randy Cunneyworth  7 – Brian Lawton  8 – Jody Hull  11 – Kevin Dineen  14 – Chris Govedaris  15 – Dave Tippett  16 – Pat Verbeek  17 – Todd Krygier  20 – Yvon Corriveau  22 – Ed Kastelic  23 – Paul MacDermid  24 – Tom Martin  27 – Scott Young  31 – Bob Bodak  31 – Jim McKenzie  34 – Mikael Andersson		Centers 10 – Ron Francis  - C 12 – Dean Evason  23 – James Black  26 – Ray Ferraro  28 – Mike Tomlak  38 – Terry Yake  Coach: Rick Ley GM: Ed Johnston

Draft picks

Hartford's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Bobby Holik	Czechoslovakia	Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
3	52	Blair Atcheynum	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	73	Jim McKenzie	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
5	94	James Black	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6	115	Jerome Bechard	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7	136	Scott Daniels	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
8	157	Raymond Saumier	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
9	178	Michel Picard	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
10	199	Trevor Buchanan	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
11	220	John Battice	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
12	241	Peter Kasowski	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
S	15	Chris Tancill	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Farm teams

See also

• 1989–90 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1989–1990 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

• "1989–90 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links